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- 22 Mar 2022
NBC Staff Accuse Lai Mohammed of Fraudulent Award of 30 Radio Licences
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has been accused by staff of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of securing presidential approval for radio licenses for 30 unvetted…
- 6 Jul 2010
NBC Redeploys Key Staff to Boost Efficiency
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced a major shakeup, with new postings affecting the zonal operations as well as directorates. The Commission in a statement signed by Mallam…
- 10 Oct 2019
FG Mandates Review of National Broadcasting Codes
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the review of the National Broadcasting Code and extant broadcasting laws to reflect stiffer penalties for violators of broadcasting regulations. The President…
- 26 Apr 2019
NBC Director’s Death Shocking -Oyo State
Oyo State Government on Friday condoled with the Director General, management and Staff of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the demise of Mrs. Olajumoke Olatunde Oginni, zonal director…
- 16 Mar 2022
Lai Mohammed’s Loyalist Appointed NBC Board Chairman
Alhaji Lateef Bolarinwa, Chairman of the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC) faction loyal to Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has emerged Chairman of the Board of…
- 6 Jul 2020
Controversial Broadcasting Code Tears NBC Board, Management Apart
The board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has insisted the controversial sixth edition of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code must be reviewed. The board had penultimate Friday placed…
- 20 Aug 2019
HURIWA Calls Out Kawu over Alleged Ethnic Cleansing at NBC
Human rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused Modibbo Kawu, director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of exhibiting extreme Igbo phobia and for waging a…
- 19 Nov 2019
FG Outlines Measures to Strengthen NBC, Punish Hate Broadcasts
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has announced plans to take the necessary measures for the amendment of the Act establishing the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to…
- 28 Jan 2026
NITDA, NBC Explore Strategic Collaboration on Digital Transformation, Media Regulation
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to deepening inter-agency collaboration as he…
- 22 Dec 2008
Africast 2008 was Positive for Nigeria – Bolarinwa
Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that Africast Conference and Exhibitions held in Abuja last October was a positive development for Nigeria, as…
- 15 Nov 2018
ICPC Quizzes Kawu, NBC Boss, Contractor over N2.5Bn DSO Fraud
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commissio (ICPC), is investigating the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), over the misapplication of N2.5 billion seed grant released to…
- 23 Jun 2008
New Horizons Rewards Clients, Organizes Seminar
New Horizons the world’s No.1 ICT Training Institution has organized an award ceremony/seminar for top organizations in Nigeria. Mr. Tim Akano, managing director, New Horizons, said the award…
- 12 May 2021
Angst over Poor Services Offered by FreeTV
Subscribers to FreeTV, recently launched in Lagos as the country’s official Free-To-View digital terrestrial television (DTT), have expressed disappointment over poor reception, total lack of it and…
- 22 Jun 2009
NBC Invests in Human Capital Development
Nigeria Bottling Company Plc has emphasized its commitment to the long term development of human capital in Nigeria through its staff training and skills acquisition programmes. Ambassador Olusegun…
- 20 Jul 2026
NBC, INEC, Plan Joint Broadcast Monitoring Framework ahead of 2027 Elections
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are set to introduce a joint broadcast monitoring framework ahead of the 2027 general elections as part…
- 30 Oct 2013
Akpabio Urges NBC to Digitize Broadcast Media by 2015
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has urged the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ensure that all broadcast stations in the country were completely digitised by 2015. Akpabio made the…
- 21 Jun 2021
FG Moves to Make NBC Self Funding
Federal government is seeking the amendment of the Act establishing National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to make it be self-funding and stop drawing salaries and allocations from government purse.…
- 17 Jul 2022
SNM Rejects Duplication of NBC Functions
Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), a civil society organisation, has kicked against the bill seeking to establish the Society of Nigerian Broadcasters to duplicate the functions of the existing National…
- 17 May 2013
Mba, New NBC Boss Assumes Office
Mr. Emeka Mba, new director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),has assumed duty following his appointment by the federal government last week. He replaced Yomi Bolarinwa, and on his…
- 13 Aug 2012
Hearty Salutes to NBC @ 20
In an era filled with mistrust for government institutions, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) goes against this grain to stand out as a public agency admired for what it does and how well it…
- 24 Sept 2018
MRA Idnucts NBC into FOI Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) this week’s inductee into the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, saying that its overall performance in the…
- 11 Jan 2016
EFCC Arrests Mba, NBC DG
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Emeka Mba, Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission over an alleged N15 billion fraud, Premium Times can…
- 18 Oct 2023
It is not All about Sanctions and Fines, Engage Stakeholders, FG to NBC
Federal government has charged the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to change the erroneous narrative that NBC was synonymous with sanctions and fines. Mohammed Idris, minister of Information…
- 5 May 2009
NBC Spells out Broadcast Laws, Sanctions Adaba FM
Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has stressed the need for broadcasting stations to play strictly by the rules as contained in the Nigeria Broadcasting…
- 27 Jul 2018
NBC Fines Daar Communications N500,000 for Alleged Violation of Broadcasting Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N500,000 on Daar Communications Group for alleged infringement of the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code through the use of…
- 2 Jul 2020
NBC Gives Approval for Full Operation of Laspotech Radio
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has formally presented the licence to operate full broadcasting services to the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH 101.9FM Radio. This was contained in a…
- 20 Mar 2013
NBC Meeting Urges Balance, Respect in Political Broadcast
A family meeting called by National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has urged broadcast stations to ensure balance and give access to all shades of opinion with due respect to professionalism, the Code…
- 13 Aug 2020
NBC Board Says Broadcast Code is Illegality Perpetrated by Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, chairman of the Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has described the 6th National Broadcasting Code as an illegality perpetrated by Alhaji Lai Mohammed,…
- 6 Mar 2022
Workshop Cautions Broadcast Stations against Inciting Contents
Broadcast stations have been advised to turn down adverts, gingles or promos that could incite people or political parties against one another during electioneering campaigns as they are to be held…
- 22 Jan 2019
UNILAG TV Goes Live
University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, has launched the first campus television station, expected to deepen campus journalism. Its broadcast is not only restricted to Nigeria, but across West…